"There was a general feeling that this player-led convention had gone too far." -- English Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson on the league asking players to end the custom of kicking the ball out of bounds when a player is down injured and from now on leaving the decision to ... Read the whole story

Columbus coach Sigi Schmid, who said after Wednesday's loss to Real Salt Lake that perhaps he should resign, will stay in charge of the Crew, which is 4-11-8 and on a 13-game winless streak in Schmid's first year at its helm. "It was my frustration with how things went," Schmid ... Read the whole story

American midfielder Claudio Reyna starts his 12th season in Europe and his sixth in the English Premier league in what will be one of the most watched games of the EPL's opening weekend. Reyna travels with Manchester City to Chelsea (Sunday, 11 am ET on Fox Soccer Channel), the team ... Read the whole story

The USA struggled to put away the Democratic Republic of Congo in the opening game of the Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. Goals on either side of halftime from Stanford recruit Kelley O'Hara and USC star Amy Rodriguez, who converted a penalty, gave the Americans a 2-0 lead, but ... Read the whole story

The Lyons Township Soccer Club and the Illinois Youth Soccer Association are being sued by the family of a player who alleges he suffered two cracked vertebrae and partial paralysis during a drill in which the coach forced players to carry teammates on their backs while jogging, reports the Chicago ... Read the whole story

The Mexican federation is putting a stop to the practice of players donning the masks of their favorite professional wrestling stars to celebrate goals. The Chiapas Jaguars' Omar Ortiz had been putting on a mask like one worn by Nacho Libre wrestler "Blue Demon" while Cruz Azul's Gabriel Pereira preferred ... Read the whole story